Sailing towards Tianjin

Just a word about our cabin. This is our first time on Dolphin deck, the lowest passenger deck. We are near the forward stairs and also the stairway down to A deck (the gangway when docked). The cabin is very quiet, no noise from above or below. It is also very stable. We think it is bigger than the balcony cabin on the Noordam, the couch is almost twice as big. After breakfast we went to a virtual bridge and engine room tour in the showroom which was presented by the First and Third Officers, very interesting and informative. We visited the Future Cruise Planner Annette and she gave us some prices on cruises in Alaska. After lunch it was off to the movies to see Baby Driver. While we were doing our laps another guest pointed out the blue luminescence in the ships bow wake, apparently due to Algae Bloom. We were contacted by Dolores (the lady organising our overnight excursion to Beijing) and she informed us that she was in quarantine due to a fever. She may not be allowed off the ship, but her husband is still going to go. The ship docks at 8am but it may be 10am before we can disembark. We will have to wait and see.Read more